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THAT OR UNDER-REGULATE DATA

HAS BEEN CONFRONTING POLICY-MAKERS "THE MAJOR PROBLEM WHICH

ENSURE AND LEGISLATORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HOWEVER, IS HOW TO THE RESULTING PRODUCT DOES NOT OVER-REGULATE USER ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.

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AS FAR AS HONG KONG WAS CONCERNED, HE SAID, WE HAD OF THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND WERE OF

TAKEN HEED PARTICULARLY CONSCIOUS ON THE BALANCE,

THE ONE HAND,

NEED OF THE REQUIREMENT TO ORGANISATIONS TO ENJOY A FREE FLOW OF THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WAS THEIR BUSINESS AND, ON THE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF

WAS COLLECTED OTHER, THE RIGHTS OF THOSE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM SUCH DATA TO EXPECT A PROPER DEGREE OF PROTECTION AND PRIVACY.

COMPLEXITY AND

"OUR AIM IS TO DEVISE LEGISLATION WITH MINIMUM WITH NO GREATER BURDEN ON OUR RESOURCES THAN IS NECESSARY NONETHELESS BALANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE DATA USER, THE

MR TSAO SAID. AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE,

HE WENT

ON

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SAY ΤΟ

THAT

WHICH WILL DATA SUBJECT

HONG

WAS KONG

STILL OF HONG KONG'S OWN THE WORKING CONCLUSIONS,

FOR HONG

ALTHOUGH FEATURES DELIBERATING ON THE FUNDAMENTAL

HAD YET TO REACH FIRM LEGISLATION AND GROUP'S INITIAL VIEW AT THIS STAGE WAS THAT DATA PROTECTION KONG SHOULD COVER COMPUTERISED PERSONAL RECORDS PERTAINING TO PHYSICAL PERSONS AND APPLY TO ALL USERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

FOCUSSED

ON,

TO

"ITS APPLICATION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BE

WHO HOLD DATA IMPORTANT AND LIMITED TO, REGULATING ORGANISATIONS ENOUGH FOR DATA SUBJECTS TO BE PROTECTED AND WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY COPE WITH THE REGULATORY PROVISIONS.

BE

"

HB

NEED FOR A

"GREATER VISIBILITY OF THE USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL REQUIRED AND A SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION MAY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED,

THE TO CONSIDER SAID, ADDING THAT HONG KONG MIGHT HAVE

THE SECRETARY SAID. STATUTORY DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY,

ASKED

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MR TSAO ALSO SAID THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION HAD BEEN

THE CONSIDER THE LAW OF PRIVACY IN GENERAL AND ITS REFERENCE COVERS

IN IN

THIS

THE PARTICULAR.

CONNECTION, PROTECTION FIELD OF DATA

COOPERATING CLOSELY IN WORKING GROUP AND THE PRIVACY COMMITTEE WERE THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFORTS IN THIS IMPORTANT AREA.

ΤΟ

OF DATA

PROTECTION

ON

INFORMATION

TURNING

THE IMPACT MANAGEMENT, HE RECALLED THAT IN MARCH 1988, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED A THE PUBLIC SET OF DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES TO BOTH AND PRIVATE SECTORS SETTING OUT STANDARDS ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION.

FOR

HE SAID A SURVEY WOULD BE

EXPERIENCE

CONDUCTED THE APPLICABILITY

SHORTLY ΤΟ ASSESS AND

OF RELEVANCY

FROM THESE

DATA USERS' PRINCIPLES TO LOCAL DATA PROCESSING PRACTICES.

THAT THESE USEFUL LEGISLATIVE

"SUBJECT TO THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, IT IS HOPED PRINCIPLES, WITH MODIFICATIONS WHERE NECESSARY, WILL PROVIDE A

GROUP TO FORMULATE HONG BASIS FOR THE WORKING REQUIREMENTS," HE SAID.

KONG'S

VIN BROAD